The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Iowa Code §§ 29C.6(1), (6), 135.140(6), 135.144(3)
- Issued
- 2021-04-30 Apr. 30, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-30
- End
- 11:59 p.m. May 30, 2021 (continued by IA-038) (read as 2021-05-30)
- In force
- Apr. 30, 2021 to May 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders
- Addressees
- dentists
- hospitals, nursing facilities, ICFs, RCFs, hospices, assisted living programs
- schools
- businesses and gathering hosts (encouraged)
- Functions reached
- CH/PR dental services under mandatory guidelines
- IC staff screening at every health facility
- IN in-person instruction
- Collection
- Iowa IA
Operative words
EMPLOYEE AND PUBLIC PROTECTION. SECTION TWO.... I continue to order that until 11:59 p.m. on May 30, 2021: A. I strongly encourage that all businesses or other employers remaining open with in-person operations take reasonable measures... DENTAL SERVICES. SECTION FOUR.... I continue to order that until this disaster proclamation expires: A. A dentist and his or her dental staff may resume providing any dental services if the dentist complies with the following requirements: (1) All dental services are provided in compliance with the Guidelines for the Safe Transition Back to Practice adopted by the Iowa Dental Board on November 13, 2020. (2) The dentist has adequate inventories of personal protective equipment (PPE) and access to a reliable supply chain... (3) The dentist has a plan to conserve PPE... B. The performance of any dental procedures except in compliance with paragraph A continue to be prohibited. C. This order shall be enforced by Iowa Dental Board investigators or their designees who, pursuant to Iowa Code § 153.33(1)(b), shall have the powers and status of peace officers when enforcing this order. MANDATORY SCREENING OF HEALTH FACILITY STAFF. SECTION FIVE.... I continue to order all hospitals, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, residential care facilities, hospice programs, and assisted living programs to screen all staff at the beginning of their shift for symptoms of COVID-19 and take any preventative measures based on that screening... IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AT SCHOOLS. SECTION SIX. Under Iowa law, 'in-person instruction is the presumed method of instruction'...
Enforcement
Dental Board investigators with peace-officer powers (Iowa Code § 153.33(1)(b)); § 135.144(3)
Notes
Twenty-two pages; the last proclamation carrying the MANDATORY SCREENING OF HEALTH FACILITY STAFF section (absent from IA-038), so that order ended May 30, 2021.
Retrieval noteTwenty-two-page scanned PDF read by OCR.